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But if you had not planned to pay for a second bag, the choice for non-priority passengers will be to either pay the extra £6 for priority boarding (£8 if you choose to add this to your booking later), or pay £8 to get it checked in the hold.

Or, stick to one small bag. Not exactly ideal if you are jet-setting off for a few days.

There is no point in chancing it at the gate either, as if you are not a priority boarding passenger, you will still be made to pay a fee to have your second bag placed in the hold.

Oh, and if you have already booked a flight, you're still going to need to fork out the extra £8 if you were planning to bring a second bag, as the rules apply to all travel from 1st November onwards.

The airline has blamed the number of people turning up at the gate with a second bag to place in the hold for free, which they say can cause delays of approximately 25 minutes.

They claim that under the new, revised policy, this will "speed up the boarding and cut flight delays".

Ryanair's new policy will "speed up the boarding and cut flight delays"

Michael O'Leary had previously hinted that they might be revising the policy because of the delays caused.

Ryanair’s Kenny Jacobs said of the new change: "From November 2018, we are introducing a new lower cost 10kg checked bag and changing our carry-on bag policy to eliminate boarding/flight delays.

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"Priority Boarding customers will continue to enjoy two free carry-on bags. All other (non-priority) customers will be allowed one free (small) carry-on bag, and those who wish to check in a second bigger 10kg bag can do from €/£8 at the time of booking.

"This new policy will speed up the boarding and cut flight delays.

"60 per cent of customers will be unaffected by these changes and we expect that the other 40 per cent will either choose to buy Priority Boarding or a 10kg check bag or will choose to travel with only one (free) small bag as 30 per cent already do so today."

The news comes after the airline also changed its check-in policy, cutting down the check-in window from four days down to 48 hours - the only people exempt are those who have paid to reserve a seat.